Sash-holder



R. H. MINNS.

' SASH HOLDER.

APPLICATIQN FILED MAY 11, 191s.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

. awuowtoz piece 2 2; The lug' 2l normally operates the circular end 17 of the keyhole slot in the flanges 7. f V i In mount ng the device in operative position, the socket member 5 is secured up'on the top rail of the lower sash S as shown in Fig.1 withits openjside opposed to the" vertical stile of the upper sash S. The

terminal of the inclined Wall 8' and car "11* are then securely fixed to the rail by means of the screws '10 and 12. The rubber sur faced roller disposed between the side flanges 7 of the socket member moves by grayity downwardly on ,the inclined IvvallI8- and again t'tlie stile at the upper sa h;

aI 'attempt is ma to lower the Sash or," raise the lower s ash, the "surface of the roller is compressedfa-nd frictionally en a gaged tightly againstwthe face of the sash stile and the surface of the wall 8ot the socket member, and constitutes a wedge to effectively lock the sashes against relative movement. When it isdesired to ad ust the sashes for purposes of ventilation, the

finger piece 22 of the lever 19 i's de'pressed, thus throwing the roller upwardly and-inwardly on the inclined Wall Soft the socket member "and away fromfthe surface of the stileof the upper. sash. .The sashescantlien be readily adjusted to the desired positions and the roller againreleased so that the sashes will be securely held. "By providing the attaching screws 10 located immediately beneath the wedging roller, the mounting of the socket member is greatly strengthened and thefpossibilityof its displacement from r the rail ot'the l'owersash reduced-to mum. V r

then it is necessary to repair the sashes or paint them,the c levice maybe readily re moved from itsapplied position on the rail of the lowersash, and the several parts of the sash holdercan also'be easily disassembled when it becomes necessary. to resurface the wedging roller or to make other repairs thereto. As shown in Fig. 4, when the device is removed from the sash rail the roller 13 will move to the lower endof the inclined a wall Sand'rest upon thehorizontal terminal filthei'eof, In'this position of the roller, the angular end of the hook-shaped lug 21 of} the lever will be slightly outoi' registering relation with tliejnarrow horizontal portion 9 i 8fof the keyhole slotinthe flange7. V However, by now exerting a downward pressure on the roller and compressing its yieldable surfacel l against the horizontal terminal 9 of the wall 8,.the terminal of said lug may be disposed in full registration with the keyhole slot, and said lug withdrawn laterally through saidslot whereby the lever may be i detached from the flange 7. The :wedging roller can tlienbe removed from the socket 1 member; Thus it :will be apparent that whenthe device is applied in operative posimeinber.- Y

tion it -viill be impossible for-the several elements to become separated but such separationcan be eflect'ed only by; a positive operation as above stated; 1 i -F1Om the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,

and one which may be easily and quickly applied in its operative positionwithout neces sitating any alterations 'inthe s'ashfconstruction. The device "can also be produced at relatively 1 small manufacturing cost and is highlyefli'cient, and serviceable-gin practical {'it Willlbe seen that I have devised a. very simple and durably constructed sash holder,

1. A sash fastener including awsocket V havingspaced flanges and aninclinedwall 5 extending downwardly betweenthe' 'flanges towai d' the meeting railof'the upper sash one of said flanges havin a'keyhole slot therein, a roller movable y'gravity upon said inclined wall and against thestile of the upper sash, said roller having a surface of 'yieldable friction. material, and a lever operatively engaged'at one of its, nds'with said roller and having a part extending through the keyhole slot to support the lever for pivotal movement relative to'the socket member, said "partj preventing disengageinent of the leverfrom the roller "or the socket member in the normal position of to dispose said part for movement through the. keyhole s'lotwhereby the lever may be disconnected from the roller and the socket 2. 'A sash'jfastener including a socket member adapted :to be, secured to the top 'rail'of the lower sash, saidsocket member having spaced flanges and an inclined .Wall extending downwardly between said flanges toward the meeting rail of the uppersash, a roller provided with a peripheral surface of yielding'material and'movable upon said inclined wall into engagement with the stile of the upper sash, said roller having a central recess in one of its side faces, oneof said flanges havin'g'a' keyhole slot therein, and a lever, having a'nIangularterminal loosely engaged in the recess of's'aid'roller and provided intermediate offits ends 'with an integral hook-shaped lug engaged the roller, the compression of the roller sur face'perniitting of a movement of the lever 7 through the keyhole slot in satid flange to 7 support the lever for pivotal movement on the exterior of the socket member, the terminal of the hook-shaped lug being movable intoregistration'with the narrow portion of the keyhole slot upon the compression of the peripheral surface of the roller when the latter is in a, predetermined positionv Whereby the lever may be disconnected from the socket member and the roller. In testimony whereof I hereunto oflix my signature in the firese'nce ofitWo Witnesses. V

Witnesses I JOHN D. KEYES, V T .-UN DERwooD.

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